Overview
- Hong Kong police and Beijing’s national security office raided the homes of six individuals suspected of colluding with foreign forces between November 2020 and June 2024.
- Officers searched an associated organisation’s office and seized bank documents and electronic devices for further analysis.
- Authorities required the six suspects to surrender their travel documents as the probe remains ongoing.
- Security Secretary Chris Tang said no arrests have been made and that any transfer of the case to mainland authorities would require central government approval.
- The raids follow subsidiary legislation enacted in May designed to bolster Beijing’s Office for Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong.